VMX12 Service Manual - V-Max Outlaw

MIDDLE GEAR SERVICE
Exam ple: Selection of the drive pinion gear
shim;
Shim Thickness =
Distance “A ” - Distance “B ”
If the drive pinion gear is stam ped “03” (plus
(+ 03) is implied here since only the m inus
(-) designations are stam ped alongside the
num bers), then:
“A” = 53 -- 0.03
= 54.53
NOTE:
All stam ped num bers are in hundredths of a
mm.
If the left-side-rear of the upper crankcase
is stam ped then:
= 53 + 0.95
= 53.95
Therefore:
T=A-B
54.53 53.95
= 0.58 mm
calculated shim thickness is 0.58 m m .
Because shim can only be selected in 0.05
mm increm ents, use the fo low ing chart to
round off the hundredths digit of the calculated
thickness and selest the appropriate
shim ,
the above exam ple, the calculated
shim thickness of 0.58 mm is rounded off to
0.60 mm. Therefore, you may choose either
4 0.15 mm shims, 2 0.30 m m shims, or
1 0.30 m m and 2 0.15 m m shims as
selected from the shim thickness chart
below . Shim size are supplied in the fo low -
ing thicknesses:
Drive Pinion G ear Shim